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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains?
(a) Sacrificial love.
(b) Unrequited love.
(c) Young love.
(d) Manly love, real love.

2. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) La Cenerentola.
(c) Cosi Fan Tutte.
(d) The Abduction from the Seraglio.

3. What animal is Constanze imitating?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A vole.
(c) A furry puppy.
(d) A pussy-cat.

4. Where is the opera's story set?
(a) In a coffee shop.
(b) In a harem.
(c) In a grand mansion.
(d) In a Masonic lodge.

5. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?
(a) A dusty oboe.
(b) A rusty triangle.
(c) A rusty squeezebox.
(d) A tired crumhorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants the new comic opera to be in 'good plain German?'

2. What was Salieri's home town?

3. How does Salieri intend to adapt the Legend of Danaius?

4. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?

5. How old is Salieri in the first scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

2. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?

3. What story does the Emperor tell to Mozart?

4. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

5. What concrete information about Mozart is passed to Salieri by the Venticelli?

6. What is Salieri hinting at when he says his servants will be 'even more surprised tomorrow'?

7. Account for Salieri's shout from the chair as he listens to Mozart and Constanze play their bawdy game.

8. How does the play open?

9. What is Van Swieten's attitude to Salieri at this point in the play?

10. In what way does Salieri claim to be different from his parents?

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